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STEM foundation of Agency
The science, technology, engineering and mathematics Agency rests on. Each method has a canonical page in the STEM Commons, hosted by the Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI), and a page here on how it is applied in this field.
The workspace for STEM foundation of Agency.
Method registry
Agency · 11 methods in use · Example interface, not a record
Methods in use
| Systems engineering | 3 | Benchmark | Q3 | Current |
| Decision analysis | 4 | Expert review | Q2 | Current |
Selected method
- Method
- Systems engineering
- Steward
- Requesting institution
- Assumptions
- stated on its page
- Limits
- what it cannot say, published
Skill on held-out data
Agency · Method registry. Method registry: example names and illustrative values, not a record.
The methods behind the field.
- 01Systems engineeringTracing terms of reference to deliverables · Managing interfaces in multidisciplinary teamsSteward · Systems Science and ModellingApplied here
- 02Decision analysis under uncertaintyMulti-criteria assessment of expert fit · Value of information before deploymentSteward · Systemic Risk ManagementApplied here
Why technical assistance needs this combination of methods.
Agency work applies systems engineering to scope assignments, define interfaces between experts and institutions and trace deliverables to requirements, and decision analysis to prioritise requests when expert capacity is limited. Both matter because technical assistance most often fails at the interfaces and at prioritisation, not in the technical content, as the team formation topic shows.
Agency work rests on systems engineering for scoping and integrating assignments and decision analysis for prioritising them.
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